If any errors have been found during fsck then most probably that numbers changed due to filesystem internal error. The reason for such error may be for example, incorrect system shutdown - such as switching the power off without issuing 'halt' command before it.'
Of course, it is possible that the numbers have been changed due to erroneous command issued by root from the command line. Alexey Fadyushin. Brainbench MVP for Linux. http://www.brainbench.com MartÎn MarquÊs ÐÉÛÅÔ: > > On Lun 28 Oct 2002 09:47, Alexey Fadyushin wrote: > > It seems that not only ownership but also the device major and minor > > numbers > > for some of your disks have changed. You could not fsck or remount your > > /dev/hda2 > > because /dev/hda2 device entry in /dev is no longer points to your hard > > disk due > > to changed major/minor. These numbers for /dev/hda2 should be 3, 2 but > > in your > > listing /dev/hda2 has the numbers 2,109. It is the main problem with > > your system. > > > > If you use LILO, you should start the kernel with the options > > init=/bin/bash, rw > > which will start the kernel with the root file system mounted read-write > > and will bypass > > usual init procedures. > > > > Then you should make correct device entries in /dev with the command > > /dev/MAKEDEV hda > > Then run fsck on /dev/hda2. > > Then change ownership on /dev/hda devices, if necessary. > > Then umount root filesystem: 'umount /' > > Then issue 'sync' command several times to write changed blocks to the > > disk. > > Reboot yor system. > > Thanks, that did it! > But why would the device major and minor numbers change? > > Thanks alot! > > -- > Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera, > si podés usar PostgreSQL? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Martín Marqués | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Programador, Administrador, DBA | Centro de Telematica > Universidad Nacional > del Litoral > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
